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35,000 Flee as Wildfires Rip Through Southern California - Video

posted October 23, 2007 - 1:35am
35,000 Flee as Wildfires Rip Through Southern California - Video

Devastating wildfires have swept across southern California, killing one person and forcing more than 35,000 to flee their homes.Nearly a dozen fires, driven by hurricane-strength winds, have destroyed thousands of hectares of forest.

In Malibu, an area popular with Hollywood celebrities, some 700 firefighters struggled to protect 200 homes in the surrounding hills


Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2196759,00....
Author: masticool
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